1. 10 A New Spirit in the West The Renaissance, ca. 1300–1640

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3. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • The Renaissance: A Controversial Idea • Medieval antecedents

4. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • Why Italy? • Classics

5. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • A Multifaceted Movement • Individualism • Realism • Activism • A secular spirit

7. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • Humanism: The Path to Self-Improvement • Humanist curriculum • Educational theory • Women humanists

8. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • The Generosity of Patrons: Supporting New Ideas • Religious patronage

9. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • Biography: Isabella d’Este (1474–1539) • Duchess of Mantua, Diplomat, and Patron of the Arts “I intend to govern the State… in such a manner that you will suffer no wrong and all that is possible will be done for the good of your subjects” – Letter to Francesco

10. A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism • The Invention of the Printing Press: Spreading New Ideas

11. The Politics of Individual Effort • The Italian City-States

13. The Politics of Individual Effort • Florence: Birthplace of the Renaissance • The Medici • Savonarola

14. The Politics of Individual Effort • Venice: The Serene Republic? • Overseas trade

16. The Politics of Individual Effort • Milan and Naples: Two Principalities • Naples

17. The Politics of Individual Effort • The Papal States • Papal patronage • The Borgia family • Julius II

18. The Politics of Individual Effort • The Art of Diplomacy • Machiavelli

19. Key Dates Renaissance rulers

20. Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance • Growing Intolerance • Rising crime

21. Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance • Economic Boom Times • Wool and silk • Banking

22. Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance • Slavery Revived • Sources of slaves

23. Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance • Finding Comfort in Family • Marriage alliances

25. Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance • Children’s Lives • Childhood hardships

26. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Artists and Artisans

27. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Architecture: Echoing the Human Form • Human architecture • Domes • Town planning

28. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Sculpture Comes into Its Own • Michelangelo’s David

30. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Painting from a New Perspective • Linear perspective

31. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Celestial Music of Human Emotions

32. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Science or Pseudoscience? • Astrology and alchemy • Mathematics and anatomy

33. An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science • Leonardo da Vinci: The “Renaissance Man” • Scientific notebooks

35. Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North, 1453–1640 • France: Under the Italian Influence • Louis the Spider • Italians in France

36. Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North, 1453–1640 • Visual Arts in Northern Europe

38. Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North, 1453–1640 • English Humanism • Thomas More • Renaissance queens

39. Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North, 1453–1640 • Renaissance London: A Booming City • The south bank

40. Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North, 1453–1640 • England’s Pride: William Shakespeare

41. Key Dates Renaissance Artists and writers